Tenyearold Melvin injured in coasting accident on Ohio street
Miriam Virginia Melvin ten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Melvin, was badly hurt in a coasting accident on Ohio street. She suffered a fractured skull, a broken left wrist, and a badly injured knee. Doctors Rudolph and Jones moved bone from the brain area and treated wounds. They expect recovery though spinal meningitis remains a danger. The incident involved several children and two university students using a Flyer sled.
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Welock
Miriam Virginia Melvin
Rufus Melvin
Ohio Street
Dy.d
University
Melvin
J. C. Rudolph
G. W. Jones
Scrimmage social tops KU society scene in Fraternal Aid Hall
In a lively KU tradition the annual scrimmage in Fraternal Aid Hall grows from a football team compliment into a fashionable social event. A dinner and music by Hall's Topeka-based group accompany the evening. A lighthearted column notes romances, blues, and idle campus chatter amid social whirl.
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University of Kansas
Hall
Topeka
Nicaragua Revolt Surges as Zelaya Resigns Rumors Rise
Managua reports a broad, unrestrained street demonstration against the Zelaya regime. Crowds shout long live liberty and United States as police remain inactive. insurgent forces under Morales advance from Bluefields toward Rivas, with U S cruiser presence noted and consular talks ongoing.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
General Morailes
Tortuga
Orisi
Supoa
Morales
Estrada
Rivas
United States
Des Moines
Tacoma
Leonidas
Moffat
Shipley
Niblack
Washington
Vasquez
Rama
Gas Explosion Injures Six Men In Topeka
In Topeka Kansas today a natural gas explosion inside a fire cistern seriously injured six men and fatally burned street commissioner Frank Snyder. Gas from a broken main entered the cistern and ignited when a cleaner struck a match.
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Topeka
Kans. Dee
Frank Snyder
Union Pacific Refuses Drainage Tax Payment
Tax commissioner for Union Pacific visited Lawrence to pay taxes but declined the $158 drainage tax. County Treasurer Eddy refused to accept any unpaid balance, leaving the railroad's tax still due. The levy funded protection of Grant township land, and Union Pacific benefited from it.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Eddy
Grant Township
Union Pacifics
Telephone Hearing Postponed in Missouri Merger Inquiry
Jefferson City December 14 The inquiry into the alleged telephone merger in Missouri has been postponed from December 20 to December 28 because officials from Bell Telephone of Missouri and Missouri and Kansas Telephone could not attend on the original date. The notice lists various local ads and small items including footballs, clothing, coffee machines, and Christmas sale notices.
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Jefferson City
Bell Telephone Company of Missouri
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company
Brady book barred from Toledo library
The Rev Cy rus Townsend Brady former rector of Old Trinity Toledo and now pastor of St George s Kansas City has had his latest book The Island of Regeneration barred from Toledo and Lawrence public libraries. Library officials said the work will not be admitted to shelves though earlier readers predicted no great sensation and anticipated condemnation of the author. The text does not transgress morals but nearly veers into disrepute according to its critics.
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Toledo, O
Cyrus Townsend ‘Brady
Old Trinity Episcopal Parish
Toledo
St. George's Church
Kansas City
Toledos Public Library
Lawrence Public Library
Dairy milk scare prompts city milk ordinance push
Residents of Lawrence reacted to news that a local dairy cow was in the final stages of tuberculosis. Families with drinking children sought medical tests while calls rose for a city milk ordinance to require tuberculin testing of dairy cows and milk testing. Councilman A P Halts had proposed such an ordinance, but it was rejected. women vowed to boycott dairies not testing cattle until action is taken.
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Lawrence
Wilfred Day
A. P. Halts
Cotneil
Replevin Over Trunks In University Scene
A Justice Court action drags two trunks from Mrs. S A Jackson at 1235 Tennessee street claimed by Nova Brown and Myrtle Greenfield. Maurice Allendoerter, a U U law senior, allegedly procured a writ of replevin. trial set before Judge Brooks. The dispute unsettled amid university chatter. Leads mention U S lead production and local ads for Gustafson diamonds, Smith's News Depot, Newby's repairs, and Squires group photos.
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Kansas University Law
S. A. Jackson
Tennessee Street
Nova’ Brown
Myrtle Greenfield
Beckman
Vermont Street
Brooks
Justice Court
Mrs. Jackson
Cause of Wreck Investigation Opens for Two Kansas Men Die
Investigations start today to determine the cause of a deadly wreck near here last night on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. Two Kansas men, John Clair and Francis Bernard of Cedar Point, were identified among the dead. Fifteen people were injured, seven seriously, when the St Louis Limited crashed into the rear of the Chicago and Boston special at speed. The Chicago and Boston train had halted earlier for a breakdown and was released after repair, leading to the collision with the rear coach occupants killed or injured.
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Northeast
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Buffalo
John Clair
Francis Bernard
Cedar Point
Kansas
France
Chicago
Boston
Purely Personal News Minute In Town
Purely personal notes list visitors and travelers including Harger from Abi one, Mrs. John Zerby in Kansas City, Tom Wagstaff from Independence, Mrs. J C Watts in Kansas City, Frank Snow from Topeka, Mrs. Otto Fischer and Mrs. Benilson in Kansas City, Mrs. J Hattie Tibball to Topeka, Mrs. Roy Cross leaving for Portland Oregon, Clarke Osborne visiting from Savannah, A R Waldron and son Roy staying with the Parsons, Rev E E Stauffer group attending a wedding in Atchison, and Murray G Hill departing for Warrensburg to join the State Normal English department.
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C. AM. Harger
Abione
John Zerby
Kansas City
Tom Wagstaff
Independence
J.C. Watts
Kansas Cay
Bob Everett
Paw Bnske
Okla
Frank Snow
Topeka
Otto Fischer
Benilson
J. Hattie Ti
Leopold King Undergoes Successful Operation Resting
Dec 14 Brossels King Leopold underwent successful surgery for intestinal obstruction. No tumor found. doctors hopeful for recovery though vitality uncertain. Operation by Dr Thirar with Stienen and De Page assistants followed by careful recovery. The king, after waking, showed relief and asked about his life.
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Brossels
Leopold
Son
Thirar
Tors Stienen
de Page
Dr. Thirar
National Good Roads convention opens in Topeka
Topeka hosts the annual National Good Roads Association session with governors congressmen and state leaders attending. Arthur C. Jackson opens the meeting and urges protest of wartime revenue use for defense, while Taft sends a letter praising national progress. In Chicago Mary E. Roscoe dies suddenly aboard a streetcar after visiting Wisconsin.
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Topeka
Dee
Congress
United States
National Good Roads Association
Arthur C. Jackson
National Association
Stubbs
Jackson
Pease
Taft
Some Splendid Apples and a Local Marriage License
W E Barnes of Vinland sent two boxes of fine Gano apples to the Journal office calling them prize winners. A marriage license was granted to Henry Kormeier of Stoner Pi and Frieda Richtenmeyer of Eu Ola. Gustafson Jewelry promotes its products with a brief note and slogan.
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W. E. Barnes
Vinland
Journal
Henry Kormeier
Stoner, Pi
Frieda Richtenmeyer
Euola
Thespians Weigh Columbia Trip For Play Dad and the Frat
The Thespians may travel to Columbia Missouri to stage Miss Muriel Culps Dad and the Frat after the chancellor barred mixed groups from going out of town. Manager George Richardson said a decision is expected from Columbia as faculty opposition looms. Previously the Masque club faced trouble for a trip to Liberty Missouri to perform A Royal Knave. Meanwhile in St Joseph Missouri Mrs Elise Hartman a cook detained by police over an alleged poisoning plot against Mrs Robert E Hastings was found insane by physicians. She had been an inmate at the Kansas asylum and was discharged as cured in 1907.
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Thespian Dramatic Organization
Columbia
Muriel Culp
Thespians
George Richardson
The
Liberty
Ottawa
St. Joseph
Dee
Elisa Hartman
Robert E. Hastings
Topeka
Kans
Zila Hartman
State Asylum For the Insane
Nemaha County
Property and sale notices from a dated street ad listing
An old classified snippet describes a silver mounted fountain pen found near Snow Hall and Eldridge House, a rental offer for two rooms in the Merchants National Bank building with steam heat and janitor service, and a cheap dress sale at a formal site.
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UGST
Snow Hall
Eldridge House
Edith Pinney
Ohio St
Merchants National Bank
Markets by wire grain and provisions report
Kansas City and Chicago markets show December wheat at 1.07 in KC and 1.35 in Chicago, corn around 0.62 and 0.66, oats about 0.44 to 0.45, rye 0.68 to 0.70. Hay values around 12.50 to 12.83, eggs 3 cents. Cattle receipts 16,000 in KC with native steers 4.75 to 8.50, cows and heifers 2.50, stockers 3 to 4.60, calves 2. hogs receipts 16,000 KC, top 6.70, bulk 5 to 9.60. Chicago wheat Dec 1.35, May 1.1036, July 0.9974. corn Dec 0.6240, May 0.66, soybeans and pork lines listed. live stock receipts 11,000 cattle and 26,000 hogs, with price ranges noted. local ads for Rogers Silver Knives and McCulloch’s Drug Store promotions and group photography services.
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Kansas City
Choiea Prairie
Chicago
Mrs Mary Blair Brokaw Testifies In Separation Suit
New York dispatch reports Mrs Mary Blair Brokaw, wife of WV Gould Brokaw, remained composed under rapid fire questioning as she testified for the fifth day in her separation suit. Telegraph messages from Great Neck to the South featured, with her saying she kept promises and was very good. In St Louis, Dora E Doxey faces grand jury testimony on the poisoning of W J Erder with several witnesses remaining to be examined.
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Doxey
St. Louis
Dora E.doxey
W. J. Erder
Osborn Pleads Guilty to Bank Embezzlement in Kansas
Grayson IL Osborn, a former teller at Huntington National Bank, admitted embezzling 28000 dollars from bank funds in federal court in Columbus Ohio and received a sentence of six and a half years in Leavenworth Kansas prison.
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Columbus, C
Grayson IL Osborn
Huntington National Bank
Leavenworth
Kansas
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American Federation of Labor
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Cal
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Daniels
Care-by-the-Sea
Lawrence Railway & Light Co
New Haven
Yaie Corporation
Karnak Brass
Laxman & Co.'s
McCulloch’s Drug Store
Mra Shearer Ladies
Toggery
Newby’s
Smith News Depot
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Imas
Smith
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New England
Leonard E. Hazen
Watkins Naional Bank
Loxman
Peerless
Brady
Prom Dairy OF Wilfred Day
U. S
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Christ‘ras
Squires
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Mary E. Roscoe
Great Bend
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Sureer
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